A productivity analysis considering environmental pollution and diseases in China

Artikel

Environmental pollution and human health problems are becoming serious issues in China. This research focuses on regional differences in productive inefficiencies and attempts to clarify the determinants of inefficiency, accounting economic, environmental and health-related factors. Our dataset includes information of 29 areas in China from 2003 to 2009. We find that after accounting for environmental pollution and health impacts, the productive inefficiency of the examined areas reduced; this result holds for both the national and provincial levels. Our results imply that government efforts to improve social welfare should emphasize increases in foreign direct investment and private medical expenditures.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Journal of Economic Structures ; ISSN: 2193-2409 ; Volume: 4 ; Year: 2015 ; Pages: 1-19 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health and Economic Development ; Environment and Growth ; Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
• Subject: Environmental pollution ; Disease ; Regional disparity ; China ; Weighted Russell directional distance function

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cao, Huijuan ; Fujii, Hidemichi ; Managi, Shunsuke
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40008-015-0012-9
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/147203
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET